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diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms index f6d970f05d..8378adc3e3 100644 --- a/README.vms +++ b/README.vms @@ -87,23 +87,25 @@ You may also want to have on hand: =item 1 GUNZIP/GZIP.EXE for VMS A de-compressor for *.gz and *.tgz files available from a number -of web/ftp sites. +of web/ftp sites and is distributed on the OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROM +from Compaq. http://www.fsf.org/order/ftp.html ftp://ftp.uu.net/archive/systems/gnu/diffutils*.tar.gz ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU/diffutils*.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/diffutils*.tar.gz - http://www.openvms.digital.com/cd/GZIP/ - ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/VMS/ + http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/GZIP/ + ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/VMS/ =item 2 VMS TAR For reading and writing unix tape archives (*.tar files). Vmstar is also -available from a number of web/ftp sites. +available from a number of web/ftp sites and is distributed on the OpenVMS +Freeware CD-ROM from Compaq. ftp://ftp.lp.se/vms/ - http://www.openvms.digital.com/cd/VMSTAR/ - ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/VMS/ + http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/VMSTAR/ + ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/VMS/ =item 3 UNZIP.EXE for VMS @@ -111,9 +113,9 @@ A combination decompressor and archive reader/writer for *.zip files. Unzip is available from a number of web/ftp sites. http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/UnZip.html - http://www.openvms.digital.com/cd/INFO-ZIP/ - ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/VMS/ - ftp://ftp.openvms.digital.com/ + http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/INFO-ZIP/ + ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/VMS/ + ftp://ftp.openvms.compaq.com/ ftp://ftp.madgoat.com/madgoat/ ftp://ftp.wku.edu/vms/ @@ -131,10 +133,10 @@ library on VMS. Most and slang are available from: Please note that UNZIP and GUNZIP are not the same thing (they work with different formats). Many of the useful files from CPAN (the Comprehensive -Perl Archive Network) are in *.tar.gz format (this includes copies of the -source code for perl as well as modules and scripts that you may wish to -add later) hence you probably want to have GUNZIP.EXE and VMSTAR.EXE on -your VMS machine. +Perl Archive Network) are in *.tar.gz or *.tgz format (this includes copies +of the source code for perl as well as modules and scripts that you may +wish to add later) hence you probably want to have GUNZIP.EXE and +VMSTAR.EXE on your VMS machine. If you want to include socket support, you'll need a TCP/IP stack and either DEC C, or socket libraries. See the "Socket Support (optional)" topic @@ -511,7 +513,7 @@ though the call specified that the change should not persist after Perl exited. This is fixed by DEC CSC patch ALPACRT04_061 or later. See also: - http://ftp.service.digital.com/patches/.new/openvms.html + http://ftp.service.compaq.com/patches/.new/openvms.html =back |